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His pledge last month to get the business “firing on all cylinders again” by cutting prices on thousands of items sparked a sell-off in the shares of competitors Tesco (TSCO), J Sainsbury (SBRY) and ...

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Life Science Reit is understood to believe its investment case hinges on the fact that office space has the potential to be converted into or used as life science facilities. Its assets were tested ...